Garmin G2000 features touch-screen FMS

SOURCE: AOPA….Even with Garmin’s odd naming conventions, it seemed predictable that the company that brought us the G1000 (in 2004) and the G3000 (in 2009) was likely working on something in between. The famously secretive firm is now unveiling the G2000—a two-box PFD/MFD combination with a touch-screen flight management system aimed at new, high-end, piston aircraft. The G2000 has a far less complex user interface, and fewer knobs and soft keys than the G1000. It also brings the best attributes of the three-screen G3000 made for turbine aircraft to the piston market. Read more